Deuteronomy 31:18
New International Version
And I will certainly hide my face in that day because of all their wickedness in turning to other gods.

New Living Translation
At that time I will hide my face from them on account of all the evil they commit by worshiping other gods.

English Standard Version
And I will surely hide my face in that day because of all the evil that they have done, because they have turned to other gods.

Berean Standard Bible
And on that day I will surely hide My face because of all the evil they have done by turning to other gods.

King James Bible
And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.

New King James Version
And I will surely hide My face in that day because of all the evil which they have done, in that they have turned to other gods.

New American Standard Bible
But I will assuredly hide My face on that day because of all the evil that they will have done, for they will have turned away to other gods.

NASB 1995
“But I will surely hide My face in that day because of all the evil which they will do, for they will turn to other gods.

NASB 1977
“But I will surely hide My face in that day because of all the evil which they will do, for they will turn to other gods.

Legacy Standard Bible
But I will surely hide My face in that day because of all the evil which they will do, for they will turn to other gods.

Amplified Bible
But I will certainly hide My face [from them] in that day because of all the evil which they will do, for they will turn to other gods [to worship lifeless idols, to honor handmade relics].

Christian Standard Bible
I will certainly hide my face on that day because of all the evil they have done by turning to other gods.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I will certainly hide My face on that day because of all the evil they have done by turning to other gods.

American Standard Version
And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evil which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And I certainly shall turn my face from them in that day because of all the evils they had done, because they turned away after other gods.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And I will surely turn away my face from them in that day, because of all their evil doings which they have done, because they turned aside after strange gods.

Contemporary English Version
They will pray to me, but I will ignore them because they were evil and started worshiping other gods.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But I will hide, and cover my face in that day, for all the evils which they have done, because they have followed strange gods..

English Revised Version
And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evil which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
On that day I will certainly turn away from them because of all the evil they've done in turning to other gods.

Good News Translation
And I will refuse to help them then, because they have done evil and worshiped other gods.

International Standard Version
I'll surely hide my face in that day on account of the evil that they will have done for they turned to other gods."

JPS Tanakh 1917
And I will surely hide My face in that day for all the evil which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.

Literal Standard Version
And I certainly hide My face in that day for all the evil which it has done, for it has turned to other gods.

Majority Standard Bible
And on that day I will surely hide My face because of all the evil they have done by turning to other gods.

New American Bible
Yet I will surely hide my face at that time because of all the evil they have done in turning to other gods.

NET Bible
But I will certainly hide myself at that time because of all the wickedness they will have done by turning to other gods.

New Revised Standard Version
On that day I will surely hide my face on account of all the evil they have done by turning to other gods.

New Heart English Bible
I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evil which they shall have worked, in that they are turned to other gods.

Webster's Bible Translation
And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned to other gods.

World English Bible
I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evil which they have done, in that they have turned to other gods.

Young's Literal Translation
and I certainly hide My face in that day for all the evil which it hath done, for it hath turned unto other gods.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
God Commissions Joshua
17On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them. On that day they will say, ‘Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is no longer with us?’ 18And on that day I will surely hide My face because of all the evil they have done by turning to other gods. 19Now therefore, write down for yourselves this song and teach it to the Israelites; have them recite it, so that it may be a witness for Me against them.…

Cross References
Deuteronomy 31:17
On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them. On that day they will say, 'Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is no longer with us?'

Deuteronomy 31:19
Now therefore, write down for yourselves this song and teach it to the Israelites; have them recite it, so that it may be a witness for Me against them.

2 Kings 22:13
"Go and inquire of the LORD for me, for the people, and for all Judah concerning the words in this book that has been found. For great is the wrath of the LORD that burns against us because our fathers have not obeyed the words of this book by doing all that is written about us."

Isaiah 64:7
No one calls on Your name or strives to take hold of You. For You have hidden Your face from us and delivered us into the hand of our iniquity.


Treasury of Scripture

And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they shall have worked, in that they are turned to other gods.

Deuteronomy 31:16,17
And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them…

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Deuteronomy 31
1. Moses encourages the people
7. He encourages Joshua
9. He delivers the law unto the priests to be read in the seventh year
14. God gives a charge to Joshua
19. and a song to testify against the people
24. Moses delivers the book of the law to the Levites to keep
28. He makes a protestation














(18) I will surely hide my face.--"As though I did not see (them) in their distress" (Rashi).



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
And
וְאָנֹכִ֗י (wə·’ā·nō·ḵî)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 595: I

on that
הַה֔וּא (ha·hū)
Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

day
בַּיּ֣וֹם (bay·yō·wm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3117: A day

I will surely
הַסְתֵּ֨ר (has·têr)
Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute
Strong's 5640: To stop up, to repair, to keep secret

hide
אַסְתִּ֤יר (’as·tîr)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 5641: To hide, conceal

My face
פָּנַי֙ (pā·nay)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 6440: The face

because of
עַ֥ל (‘al)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the evil
הָרָעָ֖ה (hā·rā·‘āh)
Article | Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 7451: Bad, evil

they have done
עָשָׂ֑ה (‘ā·śāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

by turning
פָנָ֔ה (p̄ā·nāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6437: To turn, to face, appear, look

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

other
אֲחֵרִֽים׃ (’ă·ḥê·rîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 312: Hinder, next, other

gods.
אֱלֹהִ֖ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative


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